Alan Dexter
Alan has been writing about PC tech since before 3D graphics cards existed, and still vividly recalls having to fight with MS-DOS just to get games to load. He fondly remembers the killer combo of a Matrox Millenium and 3dfx Voodoo, and seeing Lara Croft in 3D for the first time. He's very glad hardware has advanced as much as it has though, and is particularly happy when putting the latest M.2 NVMe SSDs, AMD processors, and laptops through their paces. He has a long-lasting Magic: The Gathering obsession but limits this to MTG Arena these days.
Latest articles by Alan Dexter
Does the Steam Deck Throttle?
By Alan Dexter published
Is Aerith, the APU in the Steam Deck, cramped by the constraints of the handheld?
Great moments in PC gaming: Feeding the bear in The Long Dark
By Alan Dexter published
Grrr There's a bear in there.
Should I use a TV as a computer monitor?
By Alan Dexter published
Ask PC Gamer You don't have to limit your PC gaming to a desk.
With RDNA 2 in super thin laptops the Steam Deck isn't your only mobile gaming option
By Alan Dexter published
News Integrated graphics have never looked so promising.
AMD's 'fundamental' 6nm Ryzen upgrade promises 'massive increase in yield'
By Alan Dexter published
News Chip crisis? What chip crisis?
The Cyberpunk 2077 patch finally delivers: there's now an in-game benchmark
By Alan Dexter published
News Can your machine run it at the top settings? Now you can easily see.
You should unlock your frame rate in Lost Ark, here's how
By Alan Dexter published
Lost fps Give yourself the edge in the latest MMO ARPG.
Save over £300 on this RTX 3060 MSI gaming laptop
By Alan Dexter published
Deal A quality gaming machine at a very tempting price.
There's actually some good graphics card news for a change: they're getting cheaper
By Alan Dexter published
News They're still too expensive, but at least the pricing is heading in the right direction.
This mini PC's solution to chonky graphics cards is both brilliant and ridiculous
By Alan Dexter published
News It's not the most elegant solution you'll ever see.
Unlock Dying Light 2's hidden FSR Ultra Quality for better visuals
By Alan Dexter published
News You can change the texture quality and sharpness too.
This is the cheapest 1TB NVMe SSD you can buy right now
By Alan Dexter published
Deals That's really not much cash for a healthy chunk of solid-state storage.
Ignore the presets in Dying Light 2: everyone should turn on DX12 for a frame rate boost
By Alan Dexter published
News Treat DirectX 11 like the stumbling undead and kick it off a roof.
Transcend your humanity with the best settings in Dying Light 2
By Alan Dexter published
Braaains Get the edge on the undead by tweaking your settings for peak parkour performance.
What is micro stutter and how do I fix it?
By Jarred Walton, Alan Dexter published
Ask PCG Looking at the causes and solutions for frame pacing problems.
A week after launch the Radeon RX 6500 XT is still in stock, but nowhere near launch price
By Alan Dexter published
News Could this be a sign that AMD's gamble has paid off?
Good news everybody: Nvidia's RTX 3050 appears to be rubbish at mining
By Alan Dexter published
News Another new card that's terrible for cryptocurrency mining—hopefully this one will be good for gamers though.
One-netbook Onexplayer Mini review
By Alan Dexter published
Held back The 7-inch version of this premium handheld is eclipsed by the imminent Steam Deck.
Velocity Micro Raptor Z55 gaming PC review
By Alan Dexter published
Speedy Alder Lake gets an all-core 5.1GHz overclock in this impressive high-end build.
God of War runs so well on PC we didn't even need a graphics card
By Alan Dexter published
Lordy With a little tweaking and a few prayers, AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G handles Kratos' latest outing smoothly.
Tweak these God of War settings for divine performance and visuals
By Alan Dexter published
Jaw dropping Gift Kratos the frame rate he deserves with these tweaks.
Corsair One i300 gaming PC review
By Alan Dexter published
Freshly squeezed How much cutting-edge hardware can you pack into this compact PC? All of it, of course.
Phison's next-gen PCIe 5 SSD controller is nearly twice as fast as the best PCIe 4 drives at 13.5 GB/s
By Alan Dexter published
Storage wars Storage is about to get a whole lot faster.
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